NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 vs AMD Radeon R9 285X

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 and AMD Radeon R9 285X. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GA107GPU NameTonga
GA107-300-A1Model numberTonga XT
AmpereArchitectureGCN 3.0
SamsungFoundryTSMC
8 nmProcess Size28 nm
unknownTransistors5,000 million
unknownDie Size366 mm²

Graphics Card

2021Release DateNever Released
GeForce 30FamilyVolcanic Islands
(R9 200)
ActiveProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 20PredecessorSea Islands
PCIe 4.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

4 GBMemory Size3 GB
GDDR6Memory TypeGDDR5
128 bitMemory Bus384 bit
224.0 GB/sBandwidth264.0 GB/s

Performance

69.60 GPixel/sPixel fillrate32.06 GPixel/s
125.3 GTexel/sTexture fillrate128.3 GTexel/s
8.018 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance4.104 TFLOPS

Clock Speeds

1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1375 MHz
5.5 Gbps effective

Render Config

2304Shading Units2048
72TMUs128
40ROPs32
128 KB (per SM)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
2 MBL2 Cache768 KB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
242 mm
9.5 inches
Length267 mm
10.5 inches
90 WThermal design power (TDP)200 W
250 WSuggested PSU550 W
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX12 (12_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL2.0
1.2Vulkan1.2
6.6Shader Model6.3